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The New Year is approaching, there are fewer things in government affairs, Li Zicheng has free time, so he walked into the school after breakfast, and left Xining for nearly half a year, the students' homework has fallen a lot, he originally planned to let them graduate in three years, it seems that it is difficult to achieve.

It has been nearly two years since the start of classes in December of the second year of Chongzhen (1629 AD), but Li Zicheng often left Xining, and his studies were interrupted from time to time.

Now Sun Lin has completed the compilation of the dictionary with the assistance of Li Dan and others, as long as there are suitable teaching materials, the students can learn Chinese on their own, Li Zicheng will focus on mathematics and science, especially applied knowledge, will be the focus of his teaching.

After lunch, Li Zicheng rested for a while, and then summoned Xiong Jinzhong, Bai Langer, and Fan Wenhui, the three factory directors, in the study of the Central Government.

Before the Eastern Expedition to Longyou, Li Zicheng was worried that the imperial court would cut off the trade route with the Heavenly Mandate Army, so he sold all the inventory to Mu Qingshan and Jin Yixin at one time, so that they could take their own business routes and make timely moves.

But yesterday's experience in the market, Li Zicheng realized that the imperial court did not block the trade routes, even if the trade routes were blocked in the future, they could still trade with the Western Regions, as long as they produced suitable products, they would not worry about no sales, so he wanted to expand the production scale of various factories.

The profits of the three factories were almost all the source of the Mandate of Heaven's military salaries, and once the factories lost their financial resources, the pitiful commercial taxes in the Xining area would not be able to pay the soldiers' salaries at all.

Li Zicheng also had another way, that is, to replace the salary with grain, but in that case, not only would he lose his trust in the soldiers, but also increase the pressure on grain production.

"Knock on the Grand Duke!" Xiong Jinzhong, Bai Lang'er, and Fan Wenhui entered the study and knelt down in front of Li Zicheng.

"No need to be polite!" Li Zicheng asked the three of them to sit down, and Fang said: "How is it, has the factory stopped production?" ”

"Discontinued?" The three of them were all surprised, glanced at each other, and Bai Lang'er said, "The Metropolitan Governor didn't let us stop production!" If production stops, what will happen to the workers? No matter how benevolent and righteous the governor is, he can't support them in vain, if the workers are disbanded, it will be difficult to find skilled workers in time for the next production! ”

It turned out that he was busy with the Eastern Expedition to Longyou, and forgot to let them stop production, Li Zicheng secretly rejoiced, "It's good if it doesn't stop production, how is the output now?" ”

The three factory directors reported one by one, Fan Wenhui's Yishen perfume factory, because of the increase in manpower, the raw materials are very rich, the output has increased greatly, and now in the warehouse, more than 5,000 bottles of well-packaged perfume have been stored, and some perfumes have been in the aging stage, after the new yuan, it can be bottled, and the total number will not be less than 3,000 bottles.

Although the glass factory expanded its production slightly, the remaining production did not increase much because the perfume factory needed glass bottles for perfume.

As for distilled spirits, because they need to consume a lot of grain, they have been in a stable production, and there is basically no increase in production.

Li Zicheng nodded, carefully calculating, perfume is a luxury product, the profit is the highest, and the raw materials are inexhaustible, so you can consider expanding production or setting up a branch factory in a different place.

Glass now also belongs to luxury, scarce is expensive, but glass durable, once the glass market is saturated, there will be unsalable situation, glass can be made into a variety of handicrafts, such as vanity mirrors, glasses, etc., do not worry about no market, and glass resistance will not deteriorate, as long as the glass factory capital turnover will not have problems, theoretically can expand the scale of production infinitely.

Distilled liquor consumes grain, can not be expanded for the time being, the current Longyou, is because of the lack of food, in an unstable state, he slaughtered a large number of aliens in Longyou, on the one hand, of course, these aliens are not willing to be classified into the Han nationality, on the other hand, is to reduce food consumption by killing people.

However, Li Zicheng thought of the "three farmers in the Americas", these crops have extremely high yields, and if there is enough land, it will reach an astonishing level, so why not use them to make wine?

The quality of the liquor almost doesn't matter, the price can be cheaper, you can't go to the high-end, you can take the low-end road, the current distilled spirits, or a seller's market, as long as there is a stock, don't worry about sales.

However, it all depends on SynTao.

After Li Zicheng finished explaining to the three factory directors, he immediately asked his soldiers to pass the order: summon Mu Qingshan and Jin Yixin.

Taking advantage of the gap, Li Zicheng summoned Wu Ermao, who had been doing nothing in Xining City recently, Wu Ermao's shadowless door has now increased to more than 20 people, he was idle, and hurriedly came to the Dadu Governor's Mansion when he heard the words, "My subordinates knock on the Dadu Governor!" ”

"Ermao, don't be polite, we're brothers!" Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said, "Ermao, how is it now, brother has always been good?" ”

"Okay, good," Wu Ermao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he sighed secretly in his heart, fortunately, he had the vision and saw the governor of the capital, "The brothers have a house to live in, and they have meat to eat every day, compared to the original, it is simply ...... Kingdom of Heaven! He was influenced by the Catholics and knew the Elysium of the Kingdom of Heaven.

"That's good, as long as the eldest brother has a bite of meat to eat, there will never be a shortage of your soup," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Brother Ermao may have also discovered that in the land of the eldest brother, everyone will have food to eat, but if you want to eat well, you have to rely on yourself." ”

Wu Ermao heard the meaning of Li Zicheng's words, although the Heavenly Mandate Army is good, it will not keep lazy people forever! It just so happens that he is the master who can't be idle, otherwise when Li Zicheng asked him to choose, how comfortable would he be as a civil official? "For such a long time, the eldest brother didn't send us a task, brothers...... The brothers have long been impatient! ”

"I think you can't bear it, right?" Li Zicheng laughed, "There is wine and meat every day, are you still not satisfied?" Why don't you try to be a soldier on the front line? ”

"Big brother," Wu Ermao suddenly had a black line on his face, he smiled, and said: "Big brother doesn't know us, if you let the brothers go to the barracks and everything is restricted, the big brother might as well kill the brothers directly!" ”

"I know you can't be idle," Li Zicheng picked up the tea cup and said leisurely: "This time, let you go to a familiar place, Chengdu, Sichuan!" ”

"Chengdu? Got it! Wu Ermao arched his hands and said, "Big brother, what are we going to Sichuan for this time?" Do you want to get some pig iron? ”

"No, no, the task this time is very simple," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "You just have to eat and drink, and just walk around!" ”

"Eat and drink?" Wu Ermao almost didn't believe his ears, besides, if he just ate and drank, he didn't need to go to Chengdu, could it be that the eldest brother was going to open a hot pot restaurant in Chengdu?

"Of course, it's not without tasks," Li Zicheng leaned back in his chair and said, "You show me whether the Shu Road is unblocked, and when necessary, I will give you specific tasks!" ”

"Shu Dao? The eldest brother is saying that the imperial court wants to block Shu Dao? Wu Ermao frowned, already thinking in his heart.

Li Zicheng said: "I don't know yet, that's why I let you investigate!" ”

Wu Ermao said carefully: "Big brother, in case the imperial court wants to block the Shu Dao, what should we do?" ”

"So you have to break it into pieces, take advantage of the fact that the Shu Road is still unobstructed, set off to Chengdu immediately, prepare more silver taels, maybe you won't come back for a while and a half, wait for my order!"

"Yes, big brother, I understand, I'll go back and pack up and leave tomorrow!"

"Ermao, the brothers are going to travel far again, it's hard work!" Li Zicheng shook his hands, which was regarded as seeing off Wu Ermao.

At this moment, a personal soldier pushed the door open and came in, "Metropolitan Governor, the proprietor Mu and the people from the Jin Clan Trading House have arrived, do you want to let them in?" ”

"Ermao, go, be careful, protect yourself and your brothers!"

"Yes, big brother!" Wu Ermao bowed before leaving the study.

After Li Zicheng waited for Wu Ermao to leave, Fang said: "Let proprietor Mu come in first!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" The soldiers agreed, and brought Mu Qingshan over in a short time, Mu Qingshan entered the study, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Mu Qingshan, grass people, knock on the governor!" ”

"Don't be polite, get up quickly!" Li Zicheng got out of the seat, helped Mu Qingshan up, and let He Mi serve tea, "We are our own people, why be polite?" ”

Mu Qingshan sat down on the chair opposite, and the two sides had met more times, so there was no longer too much restraint, "Congratulations to the Governor of the Grass, the Governor of the Metropolitan is happy!" ”

"Haha, to be honest, before the war, did proprietor Mu ever think that the Heavenly Mandate Army would take Longyou so easily?"

"This ......" Mu Qingshan wanted to say something good, but considering that Li Zicheng was more shrewd than a businessman, he might as well tell the truth, "To be honest, the grass people don't know, the grass people at least didn't expect that the Heavenly Mandate Army would take Longyou so easily, and they could annihilate Cao Wenzhao's infantry in one battle......"

"Even the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army, few people would have thought that the Eastern Expedition to Longyou, the Heavenly Mandate Army would win so easily," Li Zicheng smiled and said: "Obviously I don't have a bottom in my heart, but I just stay in Xining and refuse to flee, Mu Dongzhu, you, the leader of the Xining business community, have put all your life on the body of the Heavenly Mandate Army." ”

Mu Qingshan said in his heart, my Rong'er is almost the Metropolitan Governor's person, if I don't rely on the Metropolitan Governor, where else can I go? However, thinking that Jin Yixin personally escorted the goods to Jiangnan and had not returned, he immediately understood what Li Zicheng meant, so he left his seat and bowed and said: "Since the moment the grass people knew the Dadu Governor, the grass people's whole family has been tied to the Dadu Governor and the Heavenly Mandate Army!" ”

"I understand, I will keep this intention in my heart," Li Zicheng motioned for Mu Qingshan to sit down, and said: "In front of my own people, I won't beat around the bush, Master Mu, I have gathered distilled liquor and glass for half a year, do you want it?" ”

"Yes, naturally yes," Mu Qingshan arched his hand and said: "This is something that is beneficial to both parties, how could I not want it?" ”

"Lord Mu, now that the Heavenly Mandate Army has left Longyou in the east, it has openly broken with the imperial court, in case the imperial court cuts off the trade routes in various places, how can you make a move on these goods?"

"Don't worry, the merchant has his own business's own business, and the profit is low!" Mu Qingshan whispered again: "In addition to Guanshan Road and Shu Road, if you go to Hanzhong and Huguang, it is also a business road, but the road is more difficult." ”

"According to the original agreement, pay back," Li Zicheng nodded, "All goods, the price is discounted by eighty, which can be regarded as compensation for your loss in Shangdao, but," he said faintly: "There can be no less than a penny of commercial taxes, this is the law of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and no one can be an exception!" ”

"The grass people understand," Mu Qingshan arched his hand and said: "The grass people will say goodbye first, and tomorrow morning, the grass people will go to the factory to inspect the goods!" ”

After Mu Qingshan left the study, he saw the representative of the Jin firm curled up in the corner of the outer wall of the study, not only showed a contemptuous smile: Do you think that if you win the right to sell perfume, you can fight with Muslim? Hmph, wait and see, sooner or later, M Moser will regain the position of the No. 1 trading house in Xining!

Since Jin Yixin did not return in Jiangnan, the person who came to see Li Zicheng on behalf of the Jin family firm was his brother Jin Lang, and Jin Lang ate all the perfumes according to Jin Yixin's instructions and based on the original agreement, all of which were paid in cash, and the money and goods were clear.